Where has the time gone? I have now been back in Erbil for a week... and surprisingly, I have only been out to dinner once! The night after I returned, there was a little dinner held at Marina in Ankawa - home of the best hummus in Kurdistan. It was really quite the event as staff member who usually never come out not only said they would come, but actually came! Kr (one of us English staff) who is rather enigmatic in that she travels on weekends to visit secret friends (how has she managed to have a private life actually unconnected to any of us colleagues?)! Another often absent colleague in another department (along with her husband and new baby) also joined us. Enjoying lovely company and dinner at one of the best restaurants in Erbil absorbed much of the shock of being back and having to go back to work.
The top picture is included because the truth is most of us don't know how to direct the taxis to Marina. Only we know it is in Ankawa beyond where we do our shopping and can be located by the massive neon sign that can be sighted way before you are anywhere near the restaurant. But note that if you just drive towards the sign (as we did), you will get caught on a lot of little dead end roads and have to backtrack a bit.
Where has the time gone? I have now been back in Erbil for a week... and surprisingly, I have only been out to dinner once! The night after I returned, there was a little dinner held at Marina in Ankawa - home of the best hummus in Kurdistan. It was really quite the event as staff member who usually never come out not only said they would come, but actually came! Kr (one of us English staff) who is rather enigmatic in that she travels on weekends to visit secret friends (how has she managed to have a private life actually unconnected to any of us colleagues?)! Another often absent colleague in another department (along with her husband and new baby) also joined us. Enjoying lovely company and dinner at one of the best restaurants in Erbil absorbed much of the shock of being back and having to go back to work. 
The top picture is included because the truth is most of us don't know how to direct the taxis to Marina. Only we know it is in Ankawa beyond where we do our shopping and can be located by the massive neon sign that can be sighted way before you are anywhere near the restaurant. But note that if you just drive towards the sign (as we did), you will get caught on a lot of little dead end roads and have to backtrack a bit.
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